Stove



(No Model.)

J. FISCHER 81; E. PREISER.

STOVE.

No. 479,210. Patented July 19, 1892.

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JOHN FlSdHER AND EMIL PREISER, OF MILWAUKEE, NVISOONSIN.

STOVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 479,210, dated July 19,1892.

Application filed February 13, 1892. Serial No. 421,435. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, JOHN FISCHER and EMIL PREISER, citizens of theUnited States, and residents of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee,and in the State of Visconsin, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Stoves; and we do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof.

Our invention has for its object to provide a stove for cooking orheating purposes in which liquid or solid fuel may be burned at thepleasure of the user; and to this end the said invention consists incertain peculiarities of construction and combination of parts to behereinafter described with reference to the accompanying drawings andsubsequently claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l representsaside elevation, partly in section,on line 1 l of the succeeding figure and illustrates our improvements inconnection with an ordinary cookstove; Fig. 2, a horizontal section online 2 2 of the preceding figure with parts broken away; Fig. 3, adetail perspective view of a wick-case that forms part of our invention;Fig. 4, a detail section on line 4 4 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 5 a detailelevation viewed on line 5 5 of Fig. 4.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A represents an ordinary cookstove, and trunnioned in the front portion of this stove is a casing Bfor wicking C, the latter being, preferably, of asbestus. One of thewick-case trunnions 1) extends outward from the stovewall in which ithas its bearing and is hollow for the greater portion of its length,this hollow portion being screw threaded in said wick-case, as shown inFig. 2. The trunnion 1) turns freely in a fluid-tight bushing c, thatforms part of a socket D for a turning plug E, and said trunnion isprovided with one or more jet-openings d, in communication with thesurrounding bushing. The outer closed end of the trunnion b ispreferably squared to engage a corresponding opening in a crank orhandle F, held in place by the overlapping head of a screw e, thatengages said trunnion; but any suitable means may be employed to form arigid connection between the handle and said trunnion. Fitted to thesocket D, in rear of the plug E, is a pipe G, that leads to reservoir Hfor inflammable fluid, and as a matter of convenience this reservoir maybe supported on a bracket I at the rear of the stove, as shown inFig. 1. The plug E is for the purpose of controlling the feed of theburning fluid to the hollow trunnion that communicates with thewick-case B, and adjacent to the reservoir H, the pipe G is preferablyprovided with a stop-cock J, in order to cut off the inflammable fluidas close as possible to the source of supply when not needed for fuel.

A plate K is pivotally connected to the bottom of the stove, and bymeans of links L this plate is coupled to the wick-case B to move withthe latter when the handle F is operated.

When liquid fuelsuch as kerosene-oil-is to be burned, the Wick-case B isturned so as to stand in the position shown by full lines in Fig. 1, andthe plate K is lowered by the same movement to come over the grate-barsM of the stove to prevent an excess of draft from below, and the supplyof oil to the point of ignition is regulated by means of the turningplug E, above described.

When solid fuelsuch as wood or coalis to be burned, the liquid fuel iscut off and the wick-case with the plate linked thereto turned to standin the position shown by dotted lines Fig. 1 at which time the saidplate forms the front wall of the fire-box.

Having now fully described our invention, what we claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with a stove, of a wickcase trunnioned therein toconnect with a source of liquid fuel and a pivotal plate linked to theback of the wick-case to move therewith, whereby this plate serves as agrate-cover when said wick-case is swung down and a fire-box wall whenthe same is raised, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of a stove, a wick-case trunnioned therein,onetrunnion of the wickcase made hollow for a portion of its length theback of the wick-case to move therewith,

substantially as set forth.

In testimony thatwe claim the foregoing we have hereunto set our hands,at Milwaukee, 10 in the county of Milwaukee and State of VVisconsin, inthe presence of two witnesses.

JOHN FISCHER. EMIL PREISER.

Witnesses: Y

N. E. ()LIPHANT, OTTO KRASSETT.

